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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
I assume this would work this way, but do you have a cite?
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Primarily, this version of EPUB was formed from the working groups of the IDPF with the cooperation of over twenty companies who have come on board to implement it to their devices, and iBooks already support a subset of EPUB 3 right out of the gate while Adobe Digital Editions has forward plans. Additionally, one of the requirements from the IDPF was that EPUB 2 files still work on any device that uses EPUB 3, voiding any fears of obsoleteness and erasing participants’ concerns about needing to reformt EPUB 2 files to the new version.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/e-reader...ign-of-epub-3/
Epub2 devices will likely get a software update for Epub3 that will fix any issues that can/do occur. It doesn't necessitate a new reader.
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No. Kindle was very clear about this:
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That's about publishing, not about reading on devices. It says it will convert work you are publishing through Amazon. If you look through the rest of the FAQ, you will see that they repeatedly say the new format will work on "latest generation" readers.
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Q: Will KF8 capabilities be available on all Kindle devices?
A: Kindle Fire is the first Kindle device to support KF8 - in the coming months we will roll out KF8 to our latest generation Kindle e-ink devices as well as our free Kindle reading apps.
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This is the basis for his rant, though, even if it is more properly a complaint about epub drm as opposed to epub-the-format.
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Kindle does that too with PDF. This is not unique to Epub.